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Help build trust in CT health policymaking – take a quick survey

By Ellen Andrews | December 21, 2016

Health reform offers Connecticut exciting opportunities to improve our troubled health care systems, but also daunting challenges. In several health…

CT among highest states in opioid-related hospital visits but rising more slowly than most states

By Ellen Andrews | December 16, 2016

In 2014, Connecticut’s per capita rate of opioid-related ED visits was 37% higher than the national average and our inpatient…

CSG, ERC pass resolutions to preserve Medicaid state-federal partnership

By Ellen Andrews | December 15, 2016

At our meetings in Virginia last week, both the Nationaland Eastern Region Council of State Governments passed resolutions urging federal…

Health Care Cabinet finalizes controversial report recommendations for reform with tight votes

By Ellen Andrews | December 14, 2016

At yesterday’s meeting, the Health Care Cabinet took a final vote on controversialrecommendations to reform our state’s health system. The…

CT Health Reform Dashboard responds to eroding accountability in hospital oversight and Medicaid consumer rights

By Ellen Andrews | December 5, 2016

This month’s Health Reform Dashboardupdate once again reflects more attempts to unravel progress in CT.  Medicaid leads the concerns with…

Healthcare Cabinet gets an earful on reform proposals

By Ellen Andrews | November 15, 2016

At today’s public hearing, the Cabinet got a lot of thanks for the hard work, but not a lot of…

Poor choice of monitor in YNHH-L+M deal undermines accountability

By Ellen Andrews | November 14, 2016

Yale-New Haven Health has chosen Deloitte & Touche to monitor compliance with conditions of their acquisition of Lawrence + Memorial…

Advocates’ webinar on better alternatives to Health Care Cabinet proposal online

By Ellen Andrews | November 10, 2016

CT’s Health Care Cabinet has voted on a controversial set of recommendations for reforming our state’s health system. The Cabinet…

DSS plans for high-cost, high-need members focuses on behavioral health

By Ellen Andrews | November 8, 2016

At yesterday’s online MAPOC Complex Care Committee meeting, DSS described their innovation plan to address the needs of high-cost, high-need…